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this policy is what has created the massive deficits that we have. obama, who obviously cannot just change policies instantly, is also going to run up record deficits, but it may be a necessity until the economy gets going again. when the tax policy gets shifted to the middle-class, it hurts them. the country was in much better shape when we did not have the super wealthy. guest: i was surprised by the paul ryan budget that just came out. basically it is a replay of what happened one year ago. i thought that at the end of 2011, that barack obama had gotten a leg up on republicans by arguing that if we are going to be dealing with deficit reduction, we need to have shared sacrifice. liberals on his -- on that side hated this, making changes to the social security cost of living and, in return, also having more taxes on the wealthy, corporations, millionaires, and billionaires', to close this whole and protect the ability to invest in education, r&d, scientific innovation, so that we can compete with china and emerging economies throughout the centurie
this policy is what has created the massive deficits that we have. obama, who obviously cannot just change policies instantly, is also going to run up record deficits, but it may be a necessity until the economy gets going again. when the tax policy gets shifted to the middle-class, it hurts them. the country was in much better shape when we did not have the super wealthy. guest: i was surprised by the paul ryan budget that just came out. basically it is a replay of what happened one year ago....
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they will try to make social security part of a deal to cut the deficit. it is absolutely essential that what happened last year not be forgotten during this campaign and that people bring it up over and over again. scrutinizing the records of everybody in congress who have anything to do with that. and to make sure that that issue gets raised during the campaign. i think the answer is yes, social security will be an issue of the campaign. but there is a lot of motivation in washington to try to cover it up. again, keep their fingerprints off. it is up to us, it is up to progressives and people on the left, to make sure that that does not happen. >> [inaudible question] >> thank you. >> i have two questions come about from an organizational perspective. the first one is that you would talk a little bit more about comment that you made. if and when the progressive movement comes back together, talking about how they come down on this. my second question is getting this in regards to the election, what is the one thing that you can do it as a progressive. th
they will try to make social security part of a deal to cut the deficit. it is absolutely essential that what happened last year not be forgotten during this campaign and that people bring it up over and over again. scrutinizing the records of everybody in congress who have anything to do with that. and to make sure that that issue gets raised during the campaign. i think the answer is yes, social security will be an issue of the campaign. but there is a lot of motivation in washington to try...
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there is no one who is saying we should widen the deficit. everyone exceeds to it that the real debate is about how we get it done and also the nature of the government that is the consequence of how gets them. obviously government will grow. if you shrink the budget the government will retract and that has implications to the budget. it's an ongoing debate always in america but if you think about what has been accomplished in the last year everyone knows we have to solve the problem. how to solve what has resulted in an impasse and, but the fact that everybody agrees it needs to be solved is really the most important thing. >> but it seems to me that it's a math problem and as you said, if you have got you know slow but stable growth for an extended period of time here than ultimately the raponos have to go up and expenditures have to go down. neither of which is particularly healthy in terms of economic growth. if you have taxes going up in the united states and expenditures going down ultimately that has to happen if you are going to solve
there is no one who is saying we should widen the deficit. everyone exceeds to it that the real debate is about how we get it done and also the nature of the government that is the consequence of how gets them. obviously government will grow. if you shrink the budget the government will retract and that has implications to the budget. it's an ongoing debate always in america but if you think about what has been accomplished in the last year everyone knows we have to solve the problem. how to...
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the deficit is down. borrowing is down. jobs are being created. it is a hard road, but we are making progress. everything that we do, we are helping those who want to work hard and get along. thank you. [cheers] [cheers] >> mr. speaker, today after 2.5 years, we can see and people can feel in the country the scale of this government economic failure. [cheers] our economy this year is contracting. the conferred government borrowing is revised this year and every year. the national deficit is not rising. excuse me, it is rising, it is not falling. [cheers] i will say again that our economy is contracting this year. government rowling is revised up and the national debt is rising. it is not falling. there are people struggling to make ends meet. middle and lower income families who are paying the price. where millionaires get a tax cut and a 3 billion-pound welfare handout to the people who need it. let me spell out the facts. you might learn something. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] >> in june of 2010, our economy would grow by 2.8% this year. in marc
the deficit is down. borrowing is down. jobs are being created. it is a hard road, but we are making progress. everything that we do, we are helping those who want to work hard and get along. thank you. [cheers] [cheers] >> mr. speaker, today after 2.5 years, we can see and people can feel in the country the scale of this government economic failure. [cheers] our economy this year is contracting. the conferred government borrowing is revised this year and every year. the national deficit...
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the deficit issue is not just today's deficit, it's that we've built in deficits 30 years from now or 100 years from now. it'd be like a company basically deciding, we're going the sign contracts today for the plants we're going to buy, sign contracts for more plants than we can even afford. so trying to pull all of that back into order, i think, is going to be a multiyear process that's going to force us to do things in the short run like a debt downgrade which i think we're very likely to have. and don't forget some of these put enormous pressure on a lot of funds that can't buy bonds, government bonds if they're downgraded too much. so things like that are going to force some actions. i doubt seriously we're going to get everything we need in the short run because i don't think there is a full recognition either by our politicians or the public of just the unique -- i'm not saying extraordinary, you know, wars and depressions have been worse -- but the unique political aspect of promising so much for the future. i don't think they fully understand what a box they've got themselves
the deficit issue is not just today's deficit, it's that we've built in deficits 30 years from now or 100 years from now. it'd be like a company basically deciding, we're going the sign contracts today for the plants we're going to buy, sign contracts for more plants than we can even afford. so trying to pull all of that back into order, i think, is going to be a multiyear process that's going to force us to do things in the short run like a debt downgrade which i think we're very likely to...
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let's create jobs, let's do so in a way that doesn't increase the deficit. with that, of course, we all observed monday, martin luther king day, what a wonderful thing to do so this year seeing that beautiful monument on the mall, imagine martin luther king standing there comfortably among the washington monument and jefferson memorial, the lincoln memorial, fdr memorial, the great president's of our country, a great leader for our country. he talked about the fierce urgency of now, and that we couldn't afford the luxury of the narcotic gradualism. we don't knee gradualism now. we need strong, strong statements to create jobs to reduce the deficit and make the future brighter for our children. with that, i'm pleased to answer questions. >> talk about for a moment are you are on the piracy act? we have an absolute avalanche of criticism -- >> i'm sorry? >> people criticizing the bill -- >> oh, the bill. okay >> yes. >> i'd be happy to answer it, but does anyone have questions on the legislative business that is imminent. you know that we need to pass it, that
let's create jobs, let's do so in a way that doesn't increase the deficit. with that, of course, we all observed monday, martin luther king day, what a wonderful thing to do so this year seeing that beautiful monument on the mall, imagine martin luther king standing there comfortably among the washington monument and jefferson memorial, the lincoln memorial, fdr memorial, the great president's of our country, a great leader for our country. he talked about the fierce urgency of now, and that we...
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so when you look with china, with a $6 billion surplus when it comes to services and a huge deficit when it comes to manufacturing. so, the iranians done correctly, which is figuring out how to match capital with good ideas is import in and having complex innovation is healthy for america system. the problem is short-term. short-term thinking where companies conmen and bankrupt companies for short-term gain instead of thinking what is the valuable long-term model of the rate of return? that has to do with corporate government laws and figuring out how we can have incentives and instructors that don't require an incentivize manager to make long-term decisions instead of macramÉ seeing the quarterly office. >> dgc and if these incentives that could be changed to incentivize? >> absolutely. but think a lot of the department of commerce help small and medium-sized businesses. 50% of their jobs to train our small come and medium-sized companies and small have an advantage because they are doing things. they can afford automation, making products rooted in their communities. and the reason i'
so when you look with china, with a $6 billion surplus when it comes to services and a huge deficit when it comes to manufacturing. so, the iranians done correctly, which is figuring out how to match capital with good ideas is import in and having complex innovation is healthy for america system. the problem is short-term. short-term thinking where companies conmen and bankrupt companies for short-term gain instead of thinking what is the valuable long-term model of the rate of return? that has...
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if you think about it i would argue that the inability of the government to fix this borrowing debt deficit issue in the book, vice president biden's chief of staff, talking about the economic crisis in 2011, that's exactly what is going on. there is so much evidence that it is the biggest future. we are on the path becoming europe and greece. you just can't keep borrowing money. there is a stunning and fiction in this country, and we need some sort of we need some serious intervention. in the book, what i attempt to do is take people to the presidents and leaders and tell you exactly because of the luxury of time and my publisher, simon & schuster, i declined to get the meeting notes to get the exact detail to interview president obama and speaker boehner and the key players in this. i just want to take one quick snapshot from what happened that we didn't know about, which is critical. when the cops pull up less when the president was upset, he called the congressional leaders on a saturday morning at 11:00 o'clock a.m. the democratic and republican leaders were trying to work out their ow
if you think about it i would argue that the inability of the government to fix this borrowing debt deficit issue in the book, vice president biden's chief of staff, talking about the economic crisis in 2011, that's exactly what is going on. there is so much evidence that it is the biggest future. we are on the path becoming europe and greece. you just can't keep borrowing money. there is a stunning and fiction in this country, and we need some sort of we need some serious intervention. in the...
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it's not a pinched view of deficit and debt. it is a broad view of how we need to move forward with the economy. >> does that mean he's going to say now to richard tomko who has told us the lobby congress to not allow changes in medicare and social security? >> the president's plan to which i know you all have read in detail contains within it additional savings in health care programs. $340 billion over 10 years. and as they will come of plant demonstrates you can take a balanced approach that if we ask the wealthiest americans to pay a little bit more, we can continue to invest in areas of the economy that big investment and we don't have to have seniors are parents of disabled children are the least fortunate among us should bear the burden of getting our fiscal house in order. i was in many ways the essence of the debate we've been having this past year. >> also on these personal amounts you all talk about, the president also is the job done and the foreign relations committee? >> he certainly is. >> the $340 billion is basi
it's not a pinched view of deficit and debt. it is a broad view of how we need to move forward with the economy. >> does that mean he's going to say now to richard tomko who has told us the lobby congress to not allow changes in medicare and social security? >> the president's plan to which i know you all have read in detail contains within it additional savings in health care programs. $340 billion over 10 years. and as they will come of plant demonstrates you can take a balanced...
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and cares a lot about deficit reduction they he is not running for reelection. he has announced that. >> host: of freedom comes from the sense he is retired. >> he is freed to do and say what he once in the republican party cannot do anything to him. >> host: skip ahead to the solutions. they are hard to come by. the chapter is brief but i don't blame you it is hard to figure out. two categories of solutions. thinking of the deadlock system is a third-party presidential candidacy from the center you devote some time to that. is that the solution? could such a person when? >> lazard two separate questions spin 98 expend their energies? >> i will say we will hear more of the intended challenge as it gets going. group preissing $20 million, on the ballot in all 50 states to collect signatures without a candidate. it is alphabetical. we don't know yet who that candidate will be. >> host: do you know, ? >> i am not saying they're interested but i heard condoleeza rice, general petraeus, the jon huntsman is the kind of candidate. he says he has no interest so i am not
and cares a lot about deficit reduction they he is not running for reelection. he has announced that. >> host: of freedom comes from the sense he is retired. >> he is freed to do and say what he once in the republican party cannot do anything to him. >> host: skip ahead to the solutions. they are hard to come by. the chapter is brief but i don't blame you it is hard to figure out. two categories of solutions. thinking of the deadlock system is a third-party presidential...
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the president says, well, it's deficit-neutral. well, if you add up the $500 billion cuts to medicare, not used to offset the huge problems we have in medicare because it's an unsustainable program in its current form, but used to create this new entitlement, if you add up the $500 billion in tax increases not even including the tax increases on the penalty -- by the way, 21 different tax increases in there -- you could have made an argument that it was deficit neutral at one point. but now people have looked at the numbers, including the congressional budget office, and said it's not even budget neutral under those taxes. people gotta understand this dog don't hunt. i mean, it just don't work. there are better ways to get health care costs under control. we need to put more free market principles into health care, force insurance companies to compete for our business by vetting them -- letting them sell across state lines, do the kind of thing -- [applause] kind of things that are not done in this legislation. and by the way, they
the president says, well, it's deficit-neutral. well, if you add up the $500 billion cuts to medicare, not used to offset the huge problems we have in medicare because it's an unsustainable program in its current form, but used to create this new entitlement, if you add up the $500 billion in tax increases not even including the tax increases on the penalty -- by the way, 21 different tax increases in there -- you could have made an argument that it was deficit neutral at one point. but now...
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we've got about $1.3 trillion deficit. these deficits go on as far as the eye can see. we've got to grow up. americans got a real problem and if we don't change, and we just take the ostrich scenario instead our heads in the ground, it won't be long before all of america will be able to do is take care of a couple old coot like me and outgunned by a few tax. that's it. we have to change. so if you like education, if you think we should be investing in research, if you think we should do something about this $4 trillion of deferred maintenance web our highways and bridges, then we better grow up, and will better understand we've got to make some cuts throughout this budget or we're not going to be able to invest in any of the things that america has to invest in to be competitive in the future in a knowledge-based global economy. >> something has changed since december 2010, and that is the kind of support you're getting from some in the business community. pretty vocal supporters within the business community, fix the debt campaign. are you satisfied with the level of s
we've got about $1.3 trillion deficit. these deficits go on as far as the eye can see. we've got to grow up. americans got a real problem and if we don't change, and we just take the ostrich scenario instead our heads in the ground, it won't be long before all of america will be able to do is take care of a couple old coot like me and outgunned by a few tax. that's it. we have to change. so if you like education, if you think we should be investing in research, if you think we should do...
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another important element is a private set her deficit. wow, another important reform has been to put into the constitution, a financial stability law, that means that the government is going to be more able to meet their objectives and to put a degree on the expand says and the deficit of the regional suspense, which is part of the issue because the expenditures from the central government, another part of the government in which you have tools in order to make them comply with your objectives. at the government has proper tools. and in the process of the fiscal situation as we see in this chart, we have a totally out-of-control deficits in the year 2009 with a deficit exceeding 11% of the gdp and now we are to reducing the step thursday of the very important issue and what the markets wonder if the capacity of the government to get to the 6.3%. there is a degree in the market and the capacity, but the government is confident that she can get this figure and i think it would be a very important message for the market. if it's able to comp
another important element is a private set her deficit. wow, another important reform has been to put into the constitution, a financial stability law, that means that the government is going to be more able to meet their objectives and to put a degree on the expand says and the deficit of the regional suspense, which is part of the issue because the expenditures from the central government, another part of the government in which you have tools in order to make them comply with your...
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they intended it as a way to get a big deficit deal done. the first thing is you are a series of moments along the way where, and i described one of them but there are many more, where the republicans basically say or strongly intimate that they cannot raise taxes. bill absently not go along with tax increases. at every moment is obama himself or some of his top aides always trying to sort of rush back and put negotiations back together, long after the point where they established that they are reasonable people and negotiating in good faith and its the republicans who absolutely refuse to go along. so that's one thing. i think that's highly indicative of what's going on here. the second thing that's really interesting is, when this finally collapsed in late july of 2011, and it becomes obvious that they're not going to get his big deficit graham barr and they're hoping to get, the people inside the white house regarded themselves as having failed. they thought it was an absolute failure. even though at this point, what's interesting is the
they intended it as a way to get a big deficit deal done. the first thing is you are a series of moments along the way where, and i described one of them but there are many more, where the republicans basically say or strongly intimate that they cannot raise taxes. bill absently not go along with tax increases. at every moment is obama himself or some of his top aides always trying to sort of rush back and put negotiations back together, long after the point where they established that they are...
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if the social security ever runs deficit by what it can never run deficit. the cold hard fact is and i think dr. blahous said we have to tell americans and 2033, guess what? what? all of a sudden your benefit went from 100% of what you have been getting to 75% which would be cruel and that is why we have to deal with this. whenever social security runs a deficit, until we in congress changed the law and with that i would yield back. >> do you want to make a final comment on that? >> well, i certainly don't want to be construed as implying that the trust fund is not real assets of social security and is my testimony indicates i think the trust to report makes clear those bonds are in the full faith and credit of the u.s. government. where you get into these controversies about the trust fund, it's not really so much about whether they are real assets in social security but usually do with the argument between analysts as to who is paying for the trust fund bonds so example -- for example the interest payment we did in 200 plus billion dollars in general reven
if the social security ever runs deficit by what it can never run deficit. the cold hard fact is and i think dr. blahous said we have to tell americans and 2033, guess what? what? all of a sudden your benefit went from 100% of what you have been getting to 75% which would be cruel and that is why we have to deal with this. whenever social security runs a deficit, until we in congress changed the law and with that i would yield back. >> do you want to make a final comment on that? >>...
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we went into deficits, deficits as far as the eye could see. deeper and deeper in debt. so you might ask, then, "senator boxer, why are you now supporting those tax cuts being renewed for 98% of the people?" and the answer is, it's a different time and a different place. we're getting out of a recession and we can make up the moneys we need to balance this budget by going just to the top rate, going to the people over $250,000. remember, this plan that we passed in july -- if we could go back to that chart -- that gives a tax break on the first $250,000 of income. and, in essence, giving everybody a tax break on that first $250,000. it's only after that that the taxes go back to clinton era. and because this is a different time and place, i support giving a tax break, continuing it for 98%, but asking the wealthiest to pay their fair share for the greatest country on the face of this earth. my father was born into dire poverty. he was the only one of nine children born in america. he was the only one of nine children to go to college at night in your great state, madam p
we went into deficits, deficits as far as the eye could see. deeper and deeper in debt. so you might ask, then, "senator boxer, why are you now supporting those tax cuts being renewed for 98% of the people?" and the answer is, it's a different time and a different place. we're getting out of a recession and we can make up the moneys we need to balance this budget by going just to the top rate, going to the people over $250,000. remember, this plan that we passed in july -- if we could...
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the medicare program -- it's the biggest driver of the debt and deficit. tom coburn and i have a medicare reform bill that would save $600 billion over the next 10 years. it can take something like that. but i think the president will have to make clear that he will either support, well, beginning to increase the edge of eligibility. just like we have done with social security. maybe asking wealthier people to pay a little bit more money for some of the benefit of medicare. >> of course, up to now, the president of protest then clamped down on providers. >> that probably compromises the care. >> what about premium support? the kind of thing that paul ryan was talking about? a voucher type system? >> is your responsibility to buy your plan with this voucher. >> well, i don't think he will do that. >> can you get there without doing that? >> i think you can, but it's tough. the increasing needs of eligibility to be close to the age that people are living in. the average age is about 70. it is now closing in on 80. that saves a lot of money every year. i thin
the medicare program -- it's the biggest driver of the debt and deficit. tom coburn and i have a medicare reform bill that would save $600 billion over the next 10 years. it can take something like that. but i think the president will have to make clear that he will either support, well, beginning to increase the edge of eligibility. just like we have done with social security. maybe asking wealthier people to pay a little bit more money for some of the benefit of medicare. >> of course,...
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he never talked about how the deficit was important. so now that he's been reelected, how much is he willing to accept some kind of program like that which would cause instead of 100% cuts, 90% cuts -- 70% cuts in many, many things? >> michael. >> well, he who frames the issue, you know, tends to determine the outcome of the election, and republicans frame it at big government versus small government, democrats frame it as caring and fairness and so forth. you try to frame an issue, and, you know, you could argue that either framing sets the issue. federal government's been spending 24, 25% of gdp during the first obama administration against the norm and the post-world war ii days of 21%. that sounds like bigger government to me. you know, there's various arguments. it's interesting, when i went back over the course of preparing an e-book that i'm working on for aei on the second clinton term and the budget agreements which did not include a tax rate increase, in fact, included a capital gains tax cut in 1997 and the work that clinton
he never talked about how the deficit was important. so now that he's been reelected, how much is he willing to accept some kind of program like that which would cause instead of 100% cuts, 90% cuts -- 70% cuts in many, many things? >> michael. >> well, he who frames the issue, you know, tends to determine the outcome of the election, and republicans frame it at big government versus small government, democrats frame it as caring and fairness and so forth. you try to frame an issue,...
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and he ran on a plan by saying that those savings would then be aplayed to deficit -- applied to deficit reduction, which we know is so critical. and we saw what people thought about that. he was reelected by a wide margin. the american people want us to come together, to work together in a bipartisan way to reduce the deficit, and they support the approach that starts by making sure that middle-class families are not once again asked to pay for the full burden of what needs to be done. they support an effort that says, extend tax cuts for middle-class families and ask those at the very top, who have gotten extra tax cuts, to forego those and chip in to be part of the larger deficit reduction solution. unfortunately, yesterday, speaker boehner ignored this when he offered a republican counterproposal to the president's proposal that would essentially raise taxes on middle-class families and cut medicare for our senior citizens. as senator reid said yesterday, it flunks the test of balance. to get the kind of revenue to reduce the deficit that is needed, and that we all agree on has to be
and he ran on a plan by saying that those savings would then be aplayed to deficit -- applied to deficit reduction, which we know is so critical. and we saw what people thought about that. he was reelected by a wide margin. the american people want us to come together, to work together in a bipartisan way to reduce the deficit, and they support the approach that starts by making sure that middle-class families are not once again asked to pay for the full burden of what needs to be done. they...
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the deficit argument this summer where they backed him up, each time he agree to something they really did. they kept moving the goal post until he finally said, no. do you think he can learn anything? do you think he and we are compelled to repeat this until 2012? >> i think he is much better than mark twain's cat. mark twain said that he did not believe in learning from experience. he said the cat who jumps on a hot stove will never do it again of course it will never jump on a cold stove either. i think that in obama's case he actually is learning from his experience, and i think he can. i think that -- in fact, i said in one interview that i felt his single best therapist at this point would be john boehner because he would finally recognize that this man is only up to get him and the idea of a grand bargain is an idea that was initiated maybe even by boehner but is about eight seduction and abandonment. there is a pattern in a bomb was life of seduction and abandonment that i did not really get into the discussion, but it's in the book. his mother would be very close and then go a
the deficit argument this summer where they backed him up, each time he agree to something they really did. they kept moving the goal post until he finally said, no. do you think he can learn anything? do you think he and we are compelled to repeat this until 2012? >> i think he is much better than mark twain's cat. mark twain said that he did not believe in learning from experience. he said the cat who jumps on a hot stove will never do it again of course it will never jump on a cold...
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if they want to see them work together, they want action on the deficit. the arkansas and about the deficit and concern about the economy, and i think they understand that the two of them go together and the day will come very soon when we have got to deal with the deficit and this incredible weight hanging over our head. they want to make sure the country remains safe, but they also i think are happy that we are getting all of our foreign entanglements because i think they felt we have got problems here at home that we need to be addressing. they would like to see less money in politics, they would like to see the political leaders being more responsive. i do think they are concerned about fairness as it relates to the tax code and to the benefit the wealthy and the eletes get they don't feel like they are getting. i don't think these are all issues that they would like to see the congress and the president address. >> host: let's talk about conagra's and the president or the presidency. so, why do you think it's become such a dead end? is it the money, i
if they want to see them work together, they want action on the deficit. the arkansas and about the deficit and concern about the economy, and i think they understand that the two of them go together and the day will come very soon when we have got to deal with the deficit and this incredible weight hanging over our head. they want to make sure the country remains safe, but they also i think are happy that we are getting all of our foreign entanglements because i think they felt we have got...
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action on the deficit, concerned about the deficit, concerned about the economy. i think they understand that the two go together and that the day will come very soon when we have got said deal with the deficit. they want to make sure the country remain safe, but they also, i think, happy that we are getting out of our foreign entanglements. i think they feel that we have problems your home that we need to be addressing. that like to see political leaders being more responsive. i do think they are concerned about fairness. as it relates to the tax cut and to the benefits that the wealthy and the leaves get that they don't feel they're getting. so i think these are all issues, you know, that they would like to see congress and the president address. >> host: let's talk about congress and the president or the presidency. let's start with congress. so why do you think it has become? the money, ideology, you know, the kind of partisanship that started in the 90's? all of those things, of course, but what is the main thing to you? >> guest: i think you have hit all of
action on the deficit, concerned about the deficit, concerned about the economy. i think they understand that the two go together and that the day will come very soon when we have got said deal with the deficit. they want to make sure the country remain safe, but they also, i think, happy that we are getting out of our foreign entanglements. i think they feel that we have problems your home that we need to be addressing. that like to see political leaders being more responsive. i do think they...
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lower deficit. so if we could all agree, and there are enough votes on both sides of the aisle who want to get something done . i put myself in there. we could get something done. even though were losing, always been part of the bipartisan solution. on the republican side to loser is very telling. at the end of the day we have to take a look the numbers. my biggest concern is that we will do more harm by acting than by not. we have a fail-safe mechanism, something in place that can give us some $7 trillion in deficit reduction without congress having to metal politically. the expectation of all these programs. whether it than to weaken increase the deficit, right now we can save over $7 trillion in the deficit if we allow it to take effect. we can take advantage of the fact that we can tweet some of what would take place and still have deficit-reduction as big as if not bigger than bowles-simpson. we can do a number of things. >> i want to make sure i hear you right. maybe we should just -- we can t
lower deficit. so if we could all agree, and there are enough votes on both sides of the aisle who want to get something done . i put myself in there. we could get something done. even though were losing, always been part of the bipartisan solution. on the republican side to loser is very telling. at the end of the day we have to take a look the numbers. my biggest concern is that we will do more harm by acting than by not. we have a fail-safe mechanism, something in place that can give us some...
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last august about america's balanced deficit-reduction plan? he said those who spend the whole of the past year heading up the american a simple he could answer this simple question why does the economy grow more slowly than the u.k.? >> mr. deputy speaker of the numbers are in, the chancellor is playing the wrong. the u.s. economy dropped 1.7% last year, twice the rate of hours. this government has run out of excuses in the face that is damaging the future and is the failure of their plan to read today we heard from the chancellor, but mr. deputy speaker why should we believe this? everything so far has failed. was the idea of the budget? the national insurance holiday. .. >> we needed a plan for growth that worked, a guarantee on youth job, and british investment bank to help small business, but on growth, on jobs, on how we pay our way in the world, this chancellor has failed. let me say this. let me say this. it's great to support great british success stories. a tale and indeed its increments, but there's also -- it's also important, mr. s
last august about america's balanced deficit-reduction plan? he said those who spend the whole of the past year heading up the american a simple he could answer this simple question why does the economy grow more slowly than the u.k.? >> mr. deputy speaker of the numbers are in, the chancellor is playing the wrong. the u.s. economy dropped 1.7% last year, twice the rate of hours. this government has run out of excuses in the face that is damaging the future and is the failure of their...
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a lot about deficit reduction. he is not running for re-election. he has announced that he is not running for election. >> host: some of this has come from the sense that he is retired. >> guest: that's right so he is free to say and do what he wants. the republican party can't do anything about it. >> host: let's skip ahead a little bit and talk about solutions. they are hard to come by. i will be honest with you, it's a little brief but i don't blame you because it's hard to figure out what they have to do about this. let me talk about two categories of solutions. the first one that occurs to most people when they think about are deadlocked system is they think about a third party presidential candidacy from the center. do you think that is the solution or without -- could such a person actually when? >> those are sort of two separate questions. >> host: the right wing people that care about the should be extending their energies. we will put it that way. >> guest: i will say, and were going to hear more about an
a lot about deficit reduction. he is not running for re-election. he has announced that he is not running for election. >> host: some of this has come from the sense that he is retired. >> guest: that's right so he is free to say and do what he wants. the republican party can't do anything about it. >> host: let's skip ahead a little bit and talk about solutions. they are hard to come by. i will be honest with you, it's a little brief but i don't blame you because it's hard to...
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uale i d y hen fias r bee $1.3 and $1.7 trillion annual deficit. add $5 trillion to the national debt in just three years. ad5tronthtihis wayt t debt. for the first 216 years of the republic, that's how much debt we accrued. from george washington through, the first 216 years of this thbaddtronbu e k an e so as i was, um, developing the central arguments for the book, it occurr to me that he's not just redistributing wealth her at home, athou he lu d t d wa h dit iby attacking the four core pillars of the u.s. enomy. the industrial base, the financial sector, the ener seornd t hea c ct up tnt u.s. economy, and they're all interrelated to everything else. and from day one he very thodically and deliber ntuttawnho on e market capitalism and remaking them as massive, redistributive schemes. he's been more successful in some areas than others. we'll see what the sreme court does on thursday with obamacare. wa touee sthk 's gly but he went about it in a systematic way. think about it this way: any other american president would 10neympping his lov us fr
uale i d y hen fias r bee $1.3 and $1.7 trillion annual deficit. add $5 trillion to the national debt in just three years. ad5tronthtihis wayt t debt. for the first 216 years of the republic, that's how much debt we accrued. from george washington through, the first 216 years of this thbaddtronbu e k an e so as i was, um, developing the central arguments for the book, it occurr to me that he's not just redistributing wealth her at home, athou he lu d t d wa h dit iby attacking the four core...
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deficits, we were promised that deficits would be cut in half and they have been triple. we are awful a factor of six. energy, the obama-mccaskill record, the funding of solyndra, the epa given the power to shut down the coal industry. and, of course, stopping drilling and the keystone pipeline and gasoline prices have doubled. health care, is even worse. 71% of us in missouri voted against the government takeover of health care, and claire mccaskill right after that voted to pass it. there's a reason for this record of failures and that's because obama and mccaskill have a deep and abiding faith that deep, is the solution to every problem. and that's why they couldn't fulfill the records. claire is going to washington, d.c. and she is brought us red tape and taxes and all kinds of bureaucracy, and executive orders. she doesn't understand that these big government solutions chilcot freedom. now, what i would suggest is that you could bring me to washington, d.c. in the senate so that we could take the missouri commonsense back to washington, d.c. and not a lot of bureaucr
deficits, we were promised that deficits would be cut in half and they have been triple. we are awful a factor of six. energy, the obama-mccaskill record, the funding of solyndra, the epa given the power to shut down the coal industry. and, of course, stopping drilling and the keystone pipeline and gasoline prices have doubled. health care, is even worse. 71% of us in missouri voted against the government takeover of health care, and claire mccaskill right after that voted to pass it. there's a...
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we're looking at our fourth straight trillion-dollar defic deficit. our credit rating has been downraigraded. public spending is out of control. the nation demands leadership. at some moments in our nation's history, at moments of crises, leaders have emerged, put partisanship aside and worked to solve our greatest challenges. though our current president, who's compared himself to both franklin roosevelt and abraham lincoln, his leadership is falling well short of their examples. instead of taking the reigns and making tough choices when presented with our current fiscal crisis, he has decided to put politics first. he always puts politics first. just this morning at the national prayer breakfast, the president took what has always been a nonpartisan opportunity for national unity and used it to promote his political agenda. he suggested to the attendees that jesus would have supported his latest tax-the-rich schemes. with due respect to the president, he ought to stick to public policy. i think most americans would agree that the gospels are concern
we're looking at our fourth straight trillion-dollar defic deficit. our credit rating has been downraigraded. public spending is out of control. the nation demands leadership. at some moments in our nation's history, at moments of crises, leaders have emerged, put partisanship aside and worked to solve our greatest challenges. though our current president, who's compared himself to both franklin roosevelt and abraham lincoln, his leadership is falling well short of their examples. instead of...
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that to all kinds of groups, but never said he was willing to cut anything or talked about how the deficit was important, and now that he's re-elected how much is he willing to accept some program like that which would cause, instead of 1 # 00% cuts, but 70% cuts in many, many things? >> well, you frame the issue, you know, he who frames the issue determines the outcome of the election, enthe republicans frame it as big government against small government, and democrats frame it as caring and, you know, fairness and so forth, you frame the issue, and, you know, you argue that frames sets the issue, and government -- federal government's been spending $24% or 25% of gdp, and during the first obama administration, against the norm in the post world war ii days of 21%. that sounds like bigger government to me. you know, there's various arguments. it's interesting, when i went back over, of course, preparing an e-book i'm working on for aei, and the second bush administration, did not include a tax increase, but a capital gains tax cut in 1997 and the work that clinton and newt gingrich embark
that to all kinds of groups, but never said he was willing to cut anything or talked about how the deficit was important, and now that he's re-elected how much is he willing to accept some program like that which would cause, instead of 1 # 00% cuts, but 70% cuts in many, many things? >> well, you frame the issue, you know, he who frames the issue determines the outcome of the election, enthe republicans frame it as big government against small government, and democrats frame it as caring...
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we have a path to energy independence in america that is $200 billion deficit right now. it is the bridge to renewable energy, renewable energy will take a long time. if we can move to gas we get tremendous benefits in terms of cleaner energy on the way to renewable energy future. if we could get those things done, steve, this would be transformational for our economy but we have not been able to act on these things even though i said earlier there is wide bipartisan -- >> thank you. let me just try to poke holes in this. if we rollback time to just before the financial crisis you look at the u.s. deposition. douglas holtz-eakin was out there talking about that already. and john mccain and others have been but it is much worse today but if you look at the deck in a different way, look at private sector debt, the fact, forget government debt. before the financial crisis private-sector debt was 160% of gdp in the united states and despite averaging, back to 160% of gdp we are still in crisis mode, you had structural corruption between regulators and financial institutions a
we have a path to energy independence in america that is $200 billion deficit right now. it is the bridge to renewable energy, renewable energy will take a long time. if we can move to gas we get tremendous benefits in terms of cleaner energy on the way to renewable energy future. if we could get those things done, steve, this would be transformational for our economy but we have not been able to act on these things even though i said earlier there is wide bipartisan -- >> thank you. let...
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the president likes to claim he will reduce the deficit by $4 trillion. what he doesn't go on to tell you is that he is including in that figure over $1 trillion in spending cuts that a party can put in place, more than he is cutting deficit reduction for 12 years. that's right, that includes five years after he leaves office, even if he were to be reelected. under president obama federals bending peaked at 25% of the total economy. that's a level we haven't seen since world war ii. are proposed to bring federal spending back to its historical levels, about 20% of the economy and cap it there and i will pursue a 5% cut in non-security discretionary spending on my first day in office. it's time for a president who is committed committing -- cutting spending and balancing the budget. we balance the budget in our business and at the olympics and every year in my state. [applause] i'm going to put the fl government onk to a balanced budget by eliminating programs, eliminating programs that are not absolutely essential and also cutting subsidies for things lik
the president likes to claim he will reduce the deficit by $4 trillion. what he doesn't go on to tell you is that he is including in that figure over $1 trillion in spending cuts that a party can put in place, more than he is cutting deficit reduction for 12 years. that's right, that includes five years after he leaves office, even if he were to be reelected. under president obama federals bending peaked at 25% of the total economy. that's a level we haven't seen since world war ii. are...
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he iuner io aual evyhe heeic asun between 13 and $17 trillion annual deficit. five chilean addedo the national deb jt the ars inof tsay. yest tio t tialebt for t first 216 years of the republic that's how much debt we crude. from georgeahington thr fst t bundnma5 lin blof . so as i was developing the central arguments f t buck it ourred to me tt he i heomhoh g th lu d tt wa he by attacking the four core pillars of the u.s. economy. the industrial basehe lhene se.aheea osheourrsha hee u.s. economy. they are all interrelated to everything else. and from kaywun he very allyndibel ntut tingown elercatherlt hee-etncs pism ain them as a ssive redistribution schemes he has been more successful in some areas than others. codo ty th e. ha tnk it's gss coti hoo t s say. but he went about it in a systematic way. any oercaprent this way. eiinrcs o emme bauor ay president, any politician really unemployment and high unemployment rate is the most politically toxic element you can fe. aut ofor,he tire ecoalrs, thit eight, nine, 10 percent unemployment never broke a sweat. rge
he iuner io aual evyhe heeic asun between 13 and $17 trillion annual deficit. five chilean addedo the national deb jt the ars inof tsay. yest tio t tialebt for t first 216 years of the republic that's how much debt we crude. from georgeahington thr fst t bundnma5 lin blof . so as i was developing the central arguments f t buck it ourred to me tt he i heomhoh g th lu d tt wa he by attacking the four core pillars of the u.s. economy. the industrial basehe lhene se.aheea osheourrsha hee u.s....
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on the issue of the deficit, president obama has said that he wants to take a balanced approach to deficit reduction nap is to raise taxes on those earning more than $250,000 a year. and as i just said, exit polls show six in ten that taxes should be increased on those are more. what do you think? >> caller: here is the problem. what obama is not telling everybody is the amount of money they tax the rich will only run the government for a couple of weeks. it's not enough money. that means we're going -- they have to tax the middle class. so at the end of obama's term, we have to raise the taxes on the middle class and we're going to have to take money from the poor. >> okay. albert in east chicago, indiana. democratic caller. >> caller: i have to highly disagree with the gentleman that just called. i look at how much money they spent in advertising for the campaign just this last two years, they could have invested that toward the deficit and it would have been the deficit by far. ..
on the issue of the deficit, president obama has said that he wants to take a balanced approach to deficit reduction nap is to raise taxes on those earning more than $250,000 a year. and as i just said, exit polls show six in ten that taxes should be increased on those are more. what do you think? >> caller: here is the problem. what obama is not telling everybody is the amount of money they tax the rich will only run the government for a couple of weeks. it's not enough money. that means...
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and what is up next is the deficit. at least the bell way, what is up next is the deficit. apparently not. i think that our political system has to find consensus wherever it can. you can't chew gum and pocket the same time. you can't do a big thing like deficit reduction and focus in on lots of other things that require time and attention. so i saw and the polling, what i saw was support for short-term stimulus, long-term deficit reduction. not so much. job creation a lot. a concern about what was being talked about, the difference between federal investment dollars or attention -- attention between the and investment agenda which was largely education and the consumption agenda which was a retirement program. social security and medicare. all that is very real. i don't think we will grapple with that, and i don't think my own bias is that we will get a piece of the deal and then we will get a deal to make a deal. it will stay in fiscal limbo as long as possible. so the public business, we won't get on with the public business for a while. >> just jump in there. i am pro w
and what is up next is the deficit. at least the bell way, what is up next is the deficit. apparently not. i think that our political system has to find consensus wherever it can. you can't chew gum and pocket the same time. you can't do a big thing like deficit reduction and focus in on lots of other things that require time and attention. so i saw and the polling, what i saw was support for short-term stimulus, long-term deficit reduction. not so much. job creation a lot. a concern about what...
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america's deficits and debt are unsustainable. today, the debt to gdp ratio is 73%, the highest since world war ii. deficits and debt are not just a spending problem. revenues in the share of gross domestic product over the last two years are the lowest they have been since world war ii. we simply don't raise enough revenue. reasonable people disagree about the timeline. but the reality is we are on a dangerous path. if we don't act, it could lead towards fiscal crisis like some european countries. any tax reform plan must be developed with a sound budget in mind that reduces deficits for the debt. the deficit is not our only hurdle, not by a long shot. since the last major tax reform in 1986, the world has changed drastically. our taxco hasn't kept up. now it is acting like a brake on our economy. when we need to move at full speed. it is time that we had a taxco for the 21st century. it is time we had a tax code for the 21st century. it had topped the charts. i guess some things don't change. the world is also changed in more pr
america's deficits and debt are unsustainable. today, the debt to gdp ratio is 73%, the highest since world war ii. deficits and debt are not just a spending problem. revenues in the share of gross domestic product over the last two years are the lowest they have been since world war ii. we simply don't raise enough revenue. reasonable people disagree about the timeline. but the reality is we are on a dangerous path. if we don't act, it could lead towards fiscal crisis like some european...
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then you see the deficit coming down long-term. we borrowed 1.4 erred trillion dollars. but the chinese will still have those dollars. may get them to buy united states reconstructions. creating 5 million jobs of the construction sector that a desperate leave need to lay the groundwork for economic growth. with the air-traffic control system it is the same as the 1960's people looking at the television set to with the red dot. also lastly long term. we have to change the way we tax and employment. social security tax unemployment tax. we need those programs desperately but we don't need the full burden but we should be taxing things such plastics, aluminum, ineffici ent buildings, cars, and the value added tax using that money for social security and medicare. thereby to put to in place a tax system encouraging people to higher. >> how would you engaging our citizens? we hear stories. we know the numbers. 9.7, 15.eight they all have good dead end. how do make this work? >> to me, and the media in the internet age has less impact and fragmented that cable channels that al
then you see the deficit coming down long-term. we borrowed 1.4 erred trillion dollars. but the chinese will still have those dollars. may get them to buy united states reconstructions. creating 5 million jobs of the construction sector that a desperate leave need to lay the groundwork for economic growth. with the air-traffic control system it is the same as the 1960's people looking at the television set to with the red dot. also lastly long term. we have to change the way we tax and...
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it would contribute billions of dollars to deficit reduction. but now it appears that nutrition programs to help millions of our most vulnerable fellow americans are the latest excuse for preventing a house vote to get the farm bill done. in this, the wealthiest, most powerful nation on earth. we say we'll hold this up because we have hungry people. we have so many americans still struggling to put food on the table. it's regrettable, but more than that, inexcusable. some house republicans have turned to slashing nutrition help for struggling americans as a means to prevent action on the farm bill. ensuring that these programs can continue to serve vermonters and all americans is a key part of enacting a strong farm bill for this economy. the bipartisan senate-passed farm bill makes an investment in american agriculture. it will benefit our producers, our dairy farmers, our rural communities, our main street businesses, our taxpayers and our consumers. now it's being held hostage by house republicans who are demanding draconian cuts in the food
it would contribute billions of dollars to deficit reduction. but now it appears that nutrition programs to help millions of our most vulnerable fellow americans are the latest excuse for preventing a house vote to get the farm bill done. in this, the wealthiest, most powerful nation on earth. we say we'll hold this up because we have hungry people. we have so many americans still struggling to put food on the table. it's regrettable, but more than that, inexcusable. some house republicans have...
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. >> deficits. >> okay, everybody join me in thanking the pam. panel. [applause] ♪ >>> now, former state department officials from the obama and george w. bush adds -- administrations talk about student exchange programs, social media, and voice of america broadcasts. from george washington university, this is a little less than two hours. >> i think it's going to be a great event. judith jumped the line at union station and aannoyed probably 150 people to get here. >> [inaudible] >> that's action. i hope they were not from other countries. i'm a professor here at gw and director for institute for public diplomacy and education hosting this event. find us on twitter. we're also on facebook, and we're also hosting a conversation on twitter about this event, hash tag ipdgc, and i welcome you to participate in that happen what i'm going to do to get this rolling is give brief introductions and bios for the great panel here and get going into the discussion, and we have a lot of interesting people in the room so i know we have to leave time for discussion
. >> deficits. >> okay, everybody join me in thanking the pam. panel. [applause] ♪ >>> now, former state department officials from the obama and george w. bush adds -- administrations talk about student exchange programs, social media, and voice of america broadcasts. from george washington university, this is a little less than two hours. >> i think it's going to be a great event. judith jumped the line at union station and aannoyed probably 150 people to get here....
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wars, you add to the deficit. and, mr. president, when you give up a huge amount in tax breaks, as we did under the bush administration, and a lot of those tax breaks went to the wealthiest people in this country -- when you give tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires and you don't offset them, you also add to the deficit. and when you pass a medicare part-d prescription drug program written by the insurance companies, more expensive than it should be, and you don't pay for that, you add to the deficit. and in the midst of this wall street-caused recession, one of the points that many people have not seen is that today at 15.2% revenue is the lowest that it has been as part of our g.d.p. in 60 years. when workers lose theirs jobs, businesses go under, less revenue comes into the federal government, adding to our deficit crisis. that, to a significant degree, is why we are where we are today. and when would you talk about deficit reduction and how we go forward, there's another realit that we have to address.
wars, you add to the deficit. and, mr. president, when you give up a huge amount in tax breaks, as we did under the bush administration, and a lot of those tax breaks went to the wealthiest people in this country -- when you give tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires and you don't offset them, you also add to the deficit. and when you pass a medicare part-d prescription drug program written by the insurance companies, more expensive than it should be, and you don't pay for that, you add...
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so, you know, i'm hearing a lot about the successes, in some respects i'm hearing about the deficits, but i think it might be useful to sort of reverse the roles a little bit. so where do you see the greatest deficits in terms of what congress needs to do to be more open and transparent? what's the next big thing or the next two big things that they need to do only out of fairness so they can be ready, i'm going to ask similarly, i mean, you can identify deficits if you so desire, but it'd be helpful to identify where in the last two or four years have you seen the greatest positive change as well? so i'll start with -- >> sure. you know, i'm actually going to key off of some to have stuff that, some of the work jim's done over the years. um, you know, what we, what we're doing well right now is we're providing sort of common documents and fairly common, easy-to-produce formats. and we're doing that better than average, better than we have in years past. what we're not doing very well is sort of providing some of this metadata that would be useful to folks like jim or you all or folks
so, you know, i'm hearing a lot about the successes, in some respects i'm hearing about the deficits, but i think it might be useful to sort of reverse the roles a little bit. so where do you see the greatest deficits in terms of what congress needs to do to be more open and transparent? what's the next big thing or the next two big things that they need to do only out of fairness so they can be ready, i'm going to ask similarly, i mean, you can identify deficits if you so desire, but it'd be...
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trillion deficit in new infrastructure, stuff that'll bring us into the 21st century. these are things that used to be bipartisan. there was never a fight. they would come up, we would do them in a businesslike manner, did the faa, and all of a sudden they became catastrophes and major fights because of -- i think it goes back to what mitch mcconnell ultimately said. their primary goal is to make sure that this president is a one-term president and not about fixing the economy. >> not -- can i just make a point? first of all, i do agree with rich. those used to be bipartisan issues, and they still should be. i don't entirely agree with you, i understand the point about what senator mcconnell said, but there's another reason why we're focusing on expenditures that used to be bipartisan in nature, because we're not dealing with any of the long-term spending drivers of the deficit. when i talk to republicans and democrats alike, they do get the problems we face both economically short term and in terms of the budget long term. but we are, for a variety of reasons that the
trillion deficit in new infrastructure, stuff that'll bring us into the 21st century. these are things that used to be bipartisan. there was never a fight. they would come up, we would do them in a businesslike manner, did the faa, and all of a sudden they became catastrophes and major fights because of -- i think it goes back to what mitch mcconnell ultimately said. their primary goal is to make sure that this president is a one-term president and not about fixing the economy. >> not --...
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isn't it true that when major deficit deficit pakistani capacity had been divided government? >> well, i do think it depends on the election and they do believe that the outcome, one outcome will favor a solution more than the other. obviously, i'm a democrat, ranking member on the budget committee, but i would just proposed everybody on a nonpartisan or bipartisan basis, what constellation of outcomes in this election do you think would best lead to a solution? every bipartisan group, rivlin-domenici, simpson-bowles, say we need a balanced approach. it means raven asked be part of the solution and cuts in other reforms need to be part of the solution. i would suggest that if one major party candidates is running on a platform of absolutely no revenue increase, in fact, running on a platform of additional tax cuts, which will lose revenue, that that makes it very difficult for that candidate to then turn around and enter into a balanced bipartisan deficit reduction agreement. you know, i've seen people turn very quickly on their positions, but i just think that that is sort of
isn't it true that when major deficit deficit pakistani capacity had been divided government? >> well, i do think it depends on the election and they do believe that the outcome, one outcome will favor a solution more than the other. obviously, i'm a democrat, ranking member on the budget committee, but i would just proposed everybody on a nonpartisan or bipartisan basis, what constellation of outcomes in this election do you think would best lead to a solution? every bipartisan group,...
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you think that same spirit can be achieved to overcome the position where we had 15 trillion-dollar deficit carrying over to the children. >> my answer is that it has to be. the worst thing that happened to barack obama who's getting a 60 but democratic majority on the united states senate when he became president that his party could break filibusters. he saved 57 democrats they would be better off today because he would have reached out with some of the most controversial goals would have been reached in a way that crossed party lines because issues as important in how we are going to deal with entitlement and what we are going to end one and a half trillion dollar deficits by one party alone. it's possible but all will be republican and even if they're in a majority but in many respects to require both sides to be responsible in order to meet these challenges - is one of the foundation's to be successful. i know you've interviewed lots and lots of people in preparation research for this book including many women over the years who is former staffers i happen to know some of them and i'm
you think that same spirit can be achieved to overcome the position where we had 15 trillion-dollar deficit carrying over to the children. >> my answer is that it has to be. the worst thing that happened to barack obama who's getting a 60 but democratic majority on the united states senate when he became president that his party could break filibusters. he saved 57 democrats they would be better off today because he would have reached out with some of the most controversial goals would...
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.- and to i buusteing them mronns finl deficit organizations. i will tell you that we, many catholics are very shocked several years ago. not to then invited obama. i rrond a bria i pitch filed ions inst this ocloma mandate on schools and colleges, and it is yers theh rronding. i think it is about -- i don't know -- 50, 75 pages. it sets it unewone a ber another and religious freedom in this country has got to me that christveran ervin hools and cols and hospitals do not have to violate their religious belief in oe fer to pro allde insamera, health insurance to their employees. >> thae std boou for everythingy do. i hhen e a lot of christian friends. they just dons c want to be involved in politics. they see it as a dirty thing. so much fighting or whenever and thnot o muust don't want to get involved. i was wondering ifd boou hhen e ad allce, htes we can engionse e of the more apathetic christians, some of the pe feple that muust dons c see the importance of taking action, and being involved. ate t welation that is a gof 2d question. the high p
.- and to i buusteing them mronns finl deficit organizations. i will tell you that we, many catholics are very shocked several years ago. not to then invited obama. i rrond a bria i pitch filed ions inst this ocloma mandate on schools and colleges, and it is yers theh rronding. i think it is about -- i don't know -- 50, 75 pages. it sets it unewone a ber another and religious freedom in this country has got to me that christveran ervin hools and cols and hospitals do not have to violate their...
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the deficit continues to increase. and you can't call yourself a fiscal conservative and fight to protect tax breaks for companies that outsource jobs to india or to china. the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: i indicated to the majority leader before the senate convened today i wanted to have a discussion, the two of us on several items. number one, understand my friend the majority leader last night on msnbc said it was his intention at the beginning of the next congress if the democrats were in the majority to change the rules of the senate by a simple majority. i wanted to begin by asking my friend the majority leader if his comments at the beginning of this congress on january 27, 2011, are no longer operative. at that time my friend the majority leader said i agree that the proper way to change national senate rules is through the procedures established in those rules and i will oppose any effort in this congress or the next -- or the next -- to change the senate's rules other than through
the deficit continues to increase. and you can't call yourself a fiscal conservative and fight to protect tax breaks for companies that outsource jobs to india or to china. the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: i indicated to the majority leader before the senate convened today i wanted to have a discussion, the two of us on several items. number one, understand my friend the majority leader last night on msnbc said it was his intention at the beginning of the next...
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the biggest deficit of the leadership deficit. what about leadership from our top political leaders and the president needs to use the power of the bully pulpit to build that case. we need to take a boat out of bill clinton's presidency in 1998, were use this type of approach to be able to prepare the way for social security, but this in case for bargain. that's what needs to happen. let me give you three simple ideas for congress. number one, no budget, no pay. i'm serious. i'm one of the founders of note labels. if you don't pass a budget and all the appropriations bills by the beginning of the fiscal year come you don't get paid until you do that so rectory is paid. the only thing in the constitution are supposed to do every year, california did it come high behavioral impact. number two, no deal, no break. starting in 2013, they don't get any recesses until they get a grand bargain. these people to seven times more days of the typical american. if they got pay-for-performance, they would owe us money. thirdly, every member of
the biggest deficit of the leadership deficit. what about leadership from our top political leaders and the president needs to use the power of the bully pulpit to build that case. we need to take a boat out of bill clinton's presidency in 1998, were use this type of approach to be able to prepare the way for social security, but this in case for bargain. that's what needs to happen. let me give you three simple ideas for congress. number one, no budget, no pay. i'm serious. i'm one of the...
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that's what took us from surplus to deficit. when he talks about getting tough on china, keep in mind that governor romney invested in companies that were pioneers of outsources to china, and is currently investing in countries -- in companies that are building surveillance equipment for china to spy on its own folks. that's -- governor, you're the last perp who will be tough on china. what we've dope when it comes to fraid is not only sign trade deals for new markets, but we set up a task force for trade that goes after anybody who is taking advantage of american workers arian businesses and not creating a level playing feel. we brought twice as many cases against unfair trading practices than the previous administration, and we won every single one that's been decided. when i said that we had to make sure china was not flooding our domestic market with cheap tires, governor romney said i was being protectionist, that it wouldn't be helpful to the american workers. in fact, we saved a thousand jobs. that is the tough trade acti
that's what took us from surplus to deficit. when he talks about getting tough on china, keep in mind that governor romney invested in companies that were pioneers of outsources to china, and is currently investing in countries -- in companies that are building surveillance equipment for china to spy on its own folks. that's -- governor, you're the last perp who will be tough on china. what we've dope when it comes to fraid is not only sign trade deals for new markets, but we set up a task...